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7/16/2025, 4:51:46 PM
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All right, sticking with hardboiled but moving back to the UK. Peter Cheyney was a top-selling author in England in the 1930s/40s but no-one knows about him now. (No idea whether any of his books are currently in print but they're all pretty easy to get hold of second-hand if you want physical copies.)
He had several recurring characters. <Pic attached> is the first book featuring a London private detective called Callaghan. (It's not essential to read these in order, but definitely preferable.)
Basic setup: A rich guy has a bunch of nephews, mostly dissolute/criminal, and a stepdaughter. He has threatened to change his will.
The stepdaughter hires Callaghan, ostensibly to protect her interests (but it's unclear whether she's really asking him to give her a fake alibi). Anyway, stepfather gets murdered (obviously) & she's the prime suspect. Callaghan has to work out who actually did it.
All right, sticking with hardboiled but moving back to the UK. Peter Cheyney was a top-selling author in England in the 1930s/40s but no-one knows about him now. (No idea whether any of his books are currently in print but they're all pretty easy to get hold of second-hand if you want physical copies.)
He had several recurring characters. <Pic attached> is the first book featuring a London private detective called Callaghan. (It's not essential to read these in order, but definitely preferable.)
Basic setup: A rich guy has a bunch of nephews, mostly dissolute/criminal, and a stepdaughter. He has threatened to change his will.
The stepdaughter hires Callaghan, ostensibly to protect her interests (but it's unclear whether she's really asking him to give her a fake alibi). Anyway, stepfather gets murdered (obviously) & she's the prime suspect. Callaghan has to work out who actually did it.
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